Speaker, I move without notice:
That the House -
1) notes that the African Union (AU) celebrated its 50th anniversary on Saturday, 25 May 2013 which was also Africa Day;
2) further notes that on the day of celebrations, leaders from 54 AU member states gathered in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to celebrate 50 years of formalised solidarity under the theme: Pan-Africanism and the African Renaissance;
3) acknowledges that the AU has come a long way from the days when it was known as the Organisation of African Unity (OAU);
4) further acknowledges that the OAU was set up in May 1963 to secure independence for countries under colonial rule and to build on the new status for independent states; 5) recognises that during these celebrations, officials debated about the future of the continental organisation and later participated in a friendly football match between two founding countries, Ethiopia and Sudan; and
6) extends its best wishes to the AU and calls upon all citizens of Africa to observe this day annually to promote continental unity.
Agreed to.